Older and younger.. subject challenges .. questions from all over!

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  • December 13, 2009 at 10:13 pm
    Misty
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    So I went back to other posts and re-read the posts about this topic of grammer/english.  CM said not to start until 10yrs old.  Untill then they did nothing in this department.  Which is fine with me less to do Wink

    Then at 10 can you start JAG?  What if you’d like to do something simple?  What have some of you used?  I posted a few days ago about LL by Queens and was hoping to hear about other things you are using for the littler kids or maybe to just hear we don’t do anything? The curriculm guide suggested English for the Thoughtful Child have any of you used this?  I’m just not feeling confident at this moment about this area.  I know I need to pray and talk more with dh.

    Now to the challenges part.  I have a 11 yr old who had more books to do independantly and it really fustrates him when he’s not done at the same time as the littler ones.. how have you dealt with this?

    Then what about a child who is very advanced and and really bored and needs to keep going do you advance him at 8yrs or let him go play legos (which he is obsessive about?)_

    I am blessed the this forum is here and I’m able to ask you questions and help me sort through them.  Thanks Misty

    December 14, 2009 at 3:03 pm
    mrsjamiesouth
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    I wanted to comment on your 11 year old.  This year we have had a lot of issues with my 9 year old and the fact that the 5 year old has a lot less work.  I also let my 5 year old go play if I have lost his interest but expect my 9 year old to stay and finish.  My 9 year old tends to be sullen as described in Laying Beyond the Rails.  He often complains if the other 2 children get anything more than him, but he would not share if he got something special. If both the boys got candy or a chocolate, my 9 year old will wolf down his and then cry to the 5 year old that its not fair he has a chocolate still left.  My 5 year old is very giving, selfless almost, and will give up his chocolate.  So, the 9 year old will have had 2 chocolates and no one else had any.   We are still working on breaking this habit of complaining that life’s not fair and trying to replace it with Integrity. 

    I Had to look beyond his complaining about the work to pray about what the real issue is.

    December 14, 2009 at 4:09 pm
    suzukimom
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    My Year 1 son complained about this with his 3 year old sister (who had a few “workboxes” of fun things) – that all her stuff was fun, etc.

    I explained to him that when he was 3 (or even 5) that all he did was play with toys, but that he is older now and needs to do more – and that when she is 6 that she will have to do the work he is doing now….

     

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